Safety-razor.



No. 839,447. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906. P. H. ARNOLD. SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7. 1905.

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FREDERICK. H. ARNOLD,

SAFETY RAZQR.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

No. 839,447. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 7, 1905. Serial No. 290,701.

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l enterin the bl eiently to have it en To "fl ck/0117 it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. An- NOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing I g at Reading, in the county of Berks and State the lip'.1 1 on the un er side of the blade will of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usei snap into the depression 8 in the guard, ful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the blade will be firmly held in position. the following is a specification. The end 10 of the blade extends slightly This invention relates to improvements in beyond the edge of the guard, and .to remove safety-razors; and the object is to provide a the blade this extension is raised slightly, dissafety-razor of very simple construction and engaging the lip 11 from the depression 8, neat appearance. and the blade can be readily slid out of the The invention is intended as an improve- 1 guard. ment on the device shown and described in The thin flexible blade'is reinforced by the my pending application, Serial No. 275,514. longitudinal corrugations 12, which are pref- The invention is fully described in the folera ly formed at'no great distance from the lowing specification and clearly illustrated euttin edges and which prevent the blade from exing orbending transversely of its in the accompanying drawings, in w oh Figure 1 is a plan view of my razor. Fig. length. These corrugations also constitute 2 is alongitudinal section on line X X, Fig. 1. ribs which engage the grooves 7 in the bind- Fig. 3 shows the side opposite that shown on ers 6, the latter thus serving to exert pressure Fig. 1. Fig. dis an edge view. Fig. 5 shows to hold the blade in operative position flat the end of the guard in detail. Fig. 6 shows upon the guard portion of the holder, suffithe blade in detail in two views. Fig. 7 is an cient pressure being exerted to retain the enlarged cross-section on line B, Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow. The numeral 1 designates the razor-blade, and 2 the holder. The entire device consists of these two pieces. The holder co n1 prises a handle portion 3 and a guard portion 4. The guard is formed with theusual teeth l uard portion.

What I claim is 1. In a safety-razor, a holder having a guard portion provided with transverselydisposed binders spaced from the body thereof said binders having transversely-disposed grooves in their under sides, in combination 5 along eitheredge, and it has a transverse v with a thin flexible blade provided with lonstrip in the form of a binder 6, pressed upward or struck up, from the body thereof near either end. These binders are formedwith one ormoreapproximately \l-shaped grooves gations engaging the body of the guard por-. tion and the transverse grooves respectively.

[extending across them on theunderor inner 2, In a safety-razor, a holder having a side. y guard portion provided with binders at each A sligh indentation 8 is formed in the end thereof, said binders being transversely outer end of the guard beyond the binder 6. -The blade 1 consists of a thin flexible steel plate of approximately the same thickness throughout, and it is preferably provided with two cutting edges and is formed with a slight extension 10 at one en At the base of this extension is formed a slight lip 11, formed by pressing down a portion of the guard portion for the reception of the blade, said guard portion being provided with an indentation near the extremit thereof, in combination with a flexible b ade engagin the guard portion beneath the binders and having an extended end provided with a lip for en agement with the indentation.

blade. The blade is also formed with one or 3. n a safety-razor, a holder having a more longitudinal corrugations 12, extenduard portion provided with transverselying the entire length of the blade. 1 i'sposed binders spaced from the bod there- The blade is inserted in the holder by entering the one end thereof between the binder 6 and the guard-surface, the corrugations 12 i of said binders having transverselyisposed grooves in their under sides and said guard portion being provided with an indentation edges of the blade in proper contact with the gitudinal corrugations, said blade and corru-- disposed and raised from the surface of the' near the extremity thereof, in combination I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature with a flexible blade provided with longitudiin presence of two subscribing witnesses.

nal corrugations, said blade and corrugations FREDERICK H ARNOLD engaging the body of the guard portion and the transverse grooves respectively, and said Witnesses:

blade being further provided with a lip for E1). A. KELLY, engagement with the indentation. M. C. KREIDER. 

